ocr: DJIBOUTI - 4 I Official Name: Republic ofl Djibouti Capital: Djibouti Population: 500,000 Currency: Djibouti franc Official Languages: Arabic and French ERITREA - - A CITY-STATE WITH A DESERT. HINTERLAND, Djibouti lies in northeast Africa on the strait joining the Red: Sea and the Indian Ocean. Formerly the French Territory of the Afars and Issas, Djibouti became independent in 1977. Its economy relies onits port, the railroad to o Addis Ababa, and French aid. A guerrilla war erupted in 1991 as a result of tension between the country's two major ethnic groups - the Issas in the south and GULF ...
